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Plainfield, IN

36,369 Population
26.9 square miles 1,352.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2

Economics

$38,621 ±$2,435 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: $43,743 ±$435
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
$87,272 ±$6,112 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: $79,852 ±$856
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352

8.1% ±2% (2,601  ±635) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 10.7% 224,015 (±0.3% / ±7,195)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)

22.8 minutes ±1.2 (335,275  ±26,319) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 25.5 23,008,200 (±0.2 / ±248,543)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)

Families

12,809 ±544 Number of households
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 842,765 ±2,618
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
2.5 ±0.1 (32,293  ±274) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 2.5 2,095,544 (±0 / ±171)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685

7.5% ±3.1% (586  ±242) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 5.4% 27,781 (±0.3% / ±1,443)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)

Housing

13,359 ±536 Number of housing units
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 909,926 ±365
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617

$280,600 ±$12,460 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: $265,900 ±$1,972
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739

19.1% ±3.1% (6,889  ±1,110.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 13% 273,007 (±0.4% / ±7,727.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)

Social

88.4% ±3.9% (22,577  ±1,128.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 91.3% 1,302,745 (±0.7% / ±9,624.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
32.7% ±2.7% (8,355  ±714.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 38.5% 549,785 (±0.4% / ±6,014)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.7% ±2.6% (3,512  ±944) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 9.2% 195,701
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255

7.1% ±1.2% (2,047  ±335) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 5.8% 93,869 (±0.2% / ±2,702)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
2,047 Total veterans ±335 1,978 Male ±335 69 Female ±51

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